1993-10-18
Heartwork
Carcass
By Maeve C.
H. R. Giger supplied the sculpture on the sleeve, Life Support 1993, an update of a piece he had made in the late 1960s. Carcass recorded Heartwork at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool between May and June 1993, with Colin Richardson producing.
Earache released the album in the UK, and Columbia followed in the US in January 1994, the band’s only major-label release. “Buried Dreams” opens the sequence and the title track sits fourth, ahead of “Embodiment” and “This Mortal Coil”. Guitarist Michael Amott left after the recording and went on to found Spiritual Beggars.
Sources
Earache Records' Bandcamp release page (label): "released October 18, 1993".Corroborates "released in the UK on 18 October 1993 by Earache Records"; US 11 January 1994 on Columbia, the band's only major-label release; producer Colin Richardson; Parr Street Studios, 18 May to 21 June 1993; H. R. Giger's Life Support 1993; Michael Amott left to found Spiritual Beggars. The MusicBrainz lead of 28 October 1993 is later than the label date, so it does not move the original day.